A REST FROM THINKING

SHE WENT OUT DRINKING

LEFT HER BABY UNDER A BARE LIGHT

A REST FROM THINKING

FROM CRYING AND DECIDING WRONG FROM RIGHT

NO ONE HEARD HIS SCREAMS

THE NIEGHBOURS RATHER TURNED ON THEIR T.Vs

SHE HEARD THEM SILENTLY IN HER DREAMS

WISHING SILENTLY HE’D FAIL TO BREATH.

 

SHE USED TO LOVE

UNQUALIFIED FOR LOVE’S SAKE

HE WENT AWAY

THE MOST FRAGILE THINGS BECOME HARD RATHER THAN BREAK

 

SOFT FOCUS ADVERTS

SKIN AGAINST SKIN

RADIATE THEIR WAY IN LAUGHS AS SHE COMPARES HER LIFE TO HERS

SEEMS A LONG TIME SINCE A GENUINE SMILE

 

SHE USED TO LOVE

UNQUALIFIED FOR LOVE’S SAKE

HE WENT AWAY

THE MOST FRAGILE THINGS BECOME HARD RATHER THAN BREAK.

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